Object Details
maker
Eli Lilly and Company
Description
After the connection between insulin and diabetes was announced in 1921, pharmaceutical firms hastened to bring insulin and related materials to market. This cardboard box contains a hypodermic needle in a metal case, a glass bottle for alcohol, and related material. A label reads in part: “LILLY’S ASEPTIC SYRINGE NEEDLE / NO. 65 / (PATENT 1,625,035)” and “ELI LILLY & COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, U.S.A.”
Ref: Eli Lily, “Hypodermic Kit,” U.S. Patent 1,625,035 (April 19, 1927).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Eli Lilly and Company; Accession 111796 (1930)
date made
ca 1930
ID Number
MG.M-02887
catalog number
M-02887
accession number
111796
Object Name
syringe kit
syringe kit, insulin
Other Terms
syringe kit; Hypodermic
Physical Description
glass (bottles(2) material)
glass (dropper material)
glass (plunger material)
glass (barrel material)
glass (tip, force material)
steel (case material)
steel (case, needle material)
steel (handle, finger rest material)
steel (needles(2) material)
rubber (caps(3) material)
paper (box material)
Measurements
overall: 2 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in; 5.715 cm x 17.145 cm x 15.5575 cm
overall: 6 cm x 17 cm x 15.4 cm; 2 3/8 in x 6 11/16 in x 6 1/16 in
place made
United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Diabetes
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_730843